- Abbott Sides With Democrats, Extends Early Voting in Upcoming November Election
- Greg Abbott’s drift from conservatism easy to track, appears he’s betting on a Trump loss
- Abbott’s pivot from conservatism a gamble motivated by ambition AUDIO
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- STAAR Test Staying in Place, With Grade Promotion Requirements Eliminated
- AG Paxton Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
- Local health authorities can’t force schools to shut down to prevent covid spread, Paxton says
- CPS Dismisses Case, then Places Pardos on Child Abuse Registry Anyway, more
- Governor Abbott Surveys Hurricane Hanna Damage, Meets With Local Officials In Corpus Christi
- New Report: Texas Beaches Polluted With Human Poop from Sewer Runoff – note that it comes from an advocacy group
- High Speed Rail Project May Proceed With Application to Federal Agency, No Exemption Granted
- Mysterious packages of seeds sent from China have been arriving in U.S. residents’ mailboxes
- Texas Bar Virtual Meeting Gets Heated Over President’s BLM Comments
- Rep. Sherman asks Gov. Abbott to consider concerns of refugee resettlement
- TX3: Lulu Seikaly and the changing political landscape of North Texas
- Podcaster Joe Rogan announces move from LA to Texas: ‘There are too many people here’
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- Federal/DC related to Texas
- GOP Introduces $1 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill – stop it, get people back to work.
- Senate GOP’s $1T stimulus plan includes more $1,200 direct payments, lower federal jobless benefits
- House approves national Latino museum, 26 years after Smithsonian report on overlooked history
- Crenshaw Makes Explosive Accusation Against Pelosi: She and Rest of Dems Are in Bed With Antifa
- Victor Davis Hanson says violent protesters made ‘Faustian bargain’ with Democrats
- Rep. Arrington named ‘Champion of Agriculture’
- Deadly crash killed a leading contender to replace US spy chief John Ratcliffe in Congress
- Commentary: Trump Should Stay the Course on Drug Pricing Order – wrong
- Barr questions why Democrats have not condemned mob violence: ‘Could we hear something like that?’
- Bill Barr Goes Full-On Beast Mode, Drops Nadler and Dems With Perfect Response Over Defending Capitol From Rioters
- Valerie Jarrett Denies Obama in Russia Collusion Investigation — ‘We Leave That to the Intelligence Community’
- Pro-Life Leaders Ask FDA to Remove ‘Highly Dangerous’ Abortion Pill from the Market
- Many American believe that more freedoms bring more inequality – shocking but proves my assertion that many do not want freedom because it brings the work of choices and responsibility for such choices.
- California Sues Over Trump Bid to Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census Tally
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- Presidential race / national politics
- Get ready for Trump’s second term
- Anti-Trump traitor Lincoln Project airing TV ads in Houston VIDEO
- President Trump says he will accept RNC nomination in NC
- Craddick: Trump’s commitment to energy will be on display
- Ahead of Trump’s 16th visit to battleground Texas, yet another poll shows he trails Biden – and Hillary was going to win by double digits
- Joe Biden: Women ‘Never Had a Fair Shot’ in America – I sure know a ton of successful and happy women here. Joe must not of smelled their hair.
- James Carville fantasizes that Trump will abandon reelection bid
- Internal letter claims Biden campaign is ‘suppressing the Hispanic vote’ in Florida
- The rise of homeschooling
- Bjorn Lomborg Declares “False Alarm” on Climate Hysteria
- Hundreds of Sick Canadians Euthanized over Loneliness – the murder of assisted suicide!
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- Border / immigration
- Rep. Sherman asks Gov. Abbott to consider concerns of refugee resettlement
- Mexican Media Push Fake News on Border Wall Collapse from Hurricane Hanna
- Stash House Operation Disrupted in Texas near Mexican Border
- Despite Judge’s Order, Migrant Kids Remain in ICE Custody
- Trump administration to review DACA, will begin processing renewals
- Trump administration pledges to reject all new DACA applications
- COVID-19 At The Border: Unprecedented Use Of Law Expels Migrants ‘As Quickly As Possible’
- California Sues Over Trump Bid to Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census Tally
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- Coronavirus related (while I hold over some stories for a while this is not a collection that grows each day. You must go to previous days’ posts.)
- Texas COVID-19 situation report for 7/28/2020 (pdf) – 5,713* deaths. Official Texas 2018/19 flu season P&I deaths were 9249 by end of July last year, over 10,095 for the annual season. The # viral tested in Texas is now 3,428,882.
- * Texas’ count of coronavirus deaths jumps 12% after officials change the way they tally COVID-19 fatalities – more evidence of unreliable numbers
- Abbott uses amalgamation of statutes to skirt due process
- Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional
- Individual Liberty in a Pandemic: Government’s Power to Restrict Your Freedoms in a Crisis
- Texas bar owners suing Abbott over booze ban: ‘Bar Lives Matter’
- Facts About COVID-19, CDC says virus close to losing epidemic status
- Thousands of scientists and doctors condemn COVID-19 panic, more
- Shutdowns Are Not a Serious Solution to the Coronavirus Threat
- Unemployment in Costa Rica reaches 20.1%, the highest in its history, in midst of pandemic – the cost of ill-advised “shutdowns”
- Pandemic tensions revive protests in Latin America
- Time is Running Out for Coronavirus Course Correction
- Country-by-country data on mortality risk of the COVID-19 pandemic
- A Phony “Pandemic” of Stats and Symbolism
- Texas biotech facility in College Station tapped to mass-produce potential COVID-19 vaccine
- Houston Coronavirus Hospitalizations Trending Downward
- America’s Frontline Doctors SCOTUS Press Conference Transcript
- Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter Censor Viral Video of Doctors’ Capitol Hill Coronavirus Press Conference VIDEO
- Hydroxychloroquine provides temporary immunity to Don Jr’s tweets
- SCAM ALERT : AG Paxton and DOJ Partner to Warn Consumers of Fraudsters Selling Counterfeit, Mislabeled, Non-Existent PPE
- NJ gym owners who defied Gov. Murphy’s coronavirus shutdown orders arrested for contempt
- Chicago adds Wisconsin to growing list of coronavirus quarantine states – the story is a perfect example of the propaganda of the virus. Note the Chicago mayor claiming Chicago is “doing well” and casting aspersions on states that opened up for business. And Chicago has Texas on a quarantine list. People in Chicago, and elsewhere would then conclude that Texas and these other states have had much worse performance on the WuFlu. HOWEVER, it is the opposite. Based on the numbers in the story and today’s U.S. Census #’s, Chicago has had 282.3 deaths per 100,000 people! Texas has only 19.7 per 100,000 – that is a MASSIVE difference.
- Hanna cleanup spurs fear of COVID-19 surge – silly
- AP still claiming hydroxychloroquine a disproven drug for COVID-19
- Governor Abbott, HHSC Extend Deadline For Pandemic Food Benefits For Families Affected By COVID-19 School Closures
- COVID & masks
- CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings
- How much do face masks actually help?
- Now Abbott’s chief wants you to wear masks inside your homes!
- Sen. Bob Hall Criticizes Abbott’s Face Mask Order Shift: ‘We Are Expected to Live As If We Have a Monarchy’
- Some “experts” claim we need to wear masks “for several years.”
- MASKS – manners, manipulation and maths – what are your odds of getting or dying from COVID-19? Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
- Republican activist sues Gov. Abbott, challenging mask order
- Sheriffs Across Texas Say Governor Abbott’s Mask Order is Unenforceable – things I pointed out the day the decree was issued from King Abbott
- Woman takes Lefty talking points about how ‘it’s just a mask’ apart
- SRI finds ‘counterfeit’ masks among hospital supplies of coronavirus gear
- In an age of science, why are face masks a matter of opinion?
- Hotze Calls Out Ken Paxton for Siding With Democrat Mayor in Mask Mandate Lawsuit
- The face mask hypocrisy of Lubbock’s Mayor Pope VIDEO
- Communication issues created by masks – it’s not just hearing impaired, it’s all
- Jerry Nadler Bleats at Jim Jordan to Wear a Mask During Hearing – While Unmasked
- COVID & schools
- CDC director says closed schools pose larger public health risk for kids than reopening, U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
- Dr. Scott Atlas: There Is No Risk To Children From Covid-19, I Don’t Know Why People Deny This. AUDIO
- Dr. Scott Atlas: Too much hysteria over school reopenings VIDEO
- Virus Spread, Not Politics Should Guide Schools, Doctors Say
- UIL announces plan for high school sports
- Amid calls for school shutdowns, U.K. scientist says student-teacher infections ‘incredibly rare’
- CDC to release new resources to support reopening schools
- AG Paxton Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
- Attorney General Paxton Says Local Health Authorities May Not Order School Closures, more
- Local health authorities can’t force schools to shut down to prevent covid spread, Paxton says
- National teacher union, AFT, supports strikes over reopening plans
- Bill Gates says ‘the benefits outweigh the costs’ and young children should go back to school in ‘almost every location’ – that should be definitive for the libs
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- Business
- Texas Service Sector Activity Declines; Retail Sales Plunge – thanks Abbott!
- United tells two regional airlines it will continue contract with just one: union letter
- Texas ranked 10th in states with the highest credit card debt
- Wichita Falls home sales decline 9.9 percent in second quarter
- Business slow but steady for Downtown Abilene restaurant as 50% capacity order continues VIDEO
- Abilene business owners struggling as bars, breweries remain closed
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- Protest, rioting, looting & more
- 22 people facing federal charges in connection to Portland protests
- Democrat Nadler: Weeks of Violent Protests in Portland ‘a Myth’
- Portland protest groups sue US over tear gas, rubber bullets
- Atlanta ‘Protesters’ Embedded Nails into Fireworks, Leaked FBI Document States
- Nolte: Violent Crime Explosion Forces Minneapolis Residents to Form Militias
- The mock revolution of the elites
- Victor Davis Hanson says violent protesters made ‘Faustian bargain’ with Democrats
- The lunacy of the ‘largely peaceful protest’
- How Lincoln and the Founders Viewed Slavery and the Constitution
- Crenshaw Makes Explosive Accusation Against Pelosi: She and Rest of Dems Are in Bed With Antifa
- Texas Organizers Say Local Police Did Not Protect Protesters – AP story is a total lie by omission! Read the coverage from the Fort Worth Weekly and compare.
- Texas law gives no simple answer in Garrett Foster killing at Austin protest
- Trump Was Absolutely Right In Sending The Feds To Portland
- After Garrett Foster’s death, we must restore peace to protests – he’s no “victim,” he pointed his rifle at the people in the vehicle. See photo.
- ‘My Brother Was Not A Monster, He Was Innocent’ Says Sister Of Armed Protester Shot To Death In Austin Saturday Night – nope
- Deadly shooting during protest reignites gun debate in Texas
- Suspect arrested in shooting of 2 protesters in Colorado
- Saul Alinsky and the BLM movement
- Chaos erupts when 300-400 teenagers dropped off at Memphis Putt Putt Fun Center
- Backlash Over Anti-Racist Billboard Challenges Houston’s Vietnamese American Community
- Blue Cities Give the ‘Broken Windows’ Economic Growth Theory a Try
- Texas Bar Virtual Meeting Gets Heated Over President’s BLM Comments
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- Crime & general news of Texas
- Here are the beach closures and damage caused by Hurricane Hanna
- Cameron County deploys pump trucks to flooded areas
- As cleanup gets underway, South Texas weighs Hurricane Hanna’s impact on COVID-19 crisis VIDEO
- 2 Hurt When Small Airplane Crashes in Houston Neighborhood, more with photo
- Pilot, passenger survive when airplane loses power at 7,000 feet and crashes near Bear Creek home
- 12-Year-Old Charged in Fatal Shooting of Texas Woman
- Video of tank battery fire near Stanton VIDEO
- Ditching truck strikes gas line, triggers explosion in Martin County
- Wichita Falls man charged after kicking out woman’s windshield, reaching through hole to choke her
- American Legion without building after Clay County Pioneer Association takes it back
- Comanche Co. man, 22, arrested for triple homicide, victims’ family member speaks out
- Report: Abilene man chased, tackled by police while carrying baby in arms
- Lubbock murder at 42nd & Avenue Q was marijuana deal gone bad, arrest warrant said
- County prosecutors ask for jury tampering inquiry in Arkema trial
- SpaceX Crew Dragon becomes family affair for Houston astronauts
- Richard Brettell – Museum Director, Art Scholar, UT-Dallas Institute Founder – Has Died.
- Willie Paul Jopling is charged with felony theft after writing bad check for bulls
- Kerrville man charged with threatening Ingram police officer
- 2 killed in fiery I-35 crash identified by APD
- SAPD: Suspect kidnapped 3 people he thought played role in sister’s death, killed 1
- Denton County woman killed estranged husband who was taking custody of their daughter, police say
- 18-year-old arrested after allegedly shooting man in head at Arlington apartment complex
- 4 die from carbon monoxide poisoning in Edinburg
- Alton police investigating accidental death
- Beaumont inmate sentenced for killing cellmate months before completing original sentence
- Deputies crash into each other while responding to help with arrest, 4 hurt including the suspect
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- Local government
- Records show former employee accused Lubbock medical examiner of discrimination
- Midland ISD board to change name of Lee HS
- Midland Co. commissioners don’t take action on giving raises
- The City of Crane announces local ambulance not guaranteed for emergencies
- Brownwood council OKs grant for hotel renovation – what about that Holiday Inn Express’s competitors? Do they get taxpayer money too? Immoral.
- Abilene PD auction of abandoned vehicles moved online due to COVID-19
- Abilene names new library director
- Anson swears in new police chief, more
- Austin extends moratorium on evictions to Sept. 30
- Austin moves toward rate election on $7B transit plan
- Austin City Council Revises Transit Project, Settles on Near-20 Percent City Tax Increase
- Austin budgets $60M to fight homelessness, outbreak threatens to make things worse
- Houston mulls changing weird green parking spots into bike lanes
- Houston to dole out $15M to small businesses hit hard by COVID
- Here’s 5 things to know about Dallas’ efforts to provide independent police oversight
- San Antonio’s CPS Energy Moves Ahead on 2 Renewable Energy Initiatives
- El Paso City Council votes to keep property tax rate at same level – a perfect example of reporting so ignorant that it expressly misleads voters! Lead sentence: “El Paso homeowners struggling finacially during the pandemic can rest assured their property taxes will not go up.” Then later: “Even keeping the same tax rate, the city is slated to get nearly $5 million in new revenue as property values went up by four percent,…”
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- Colleges & universities
- Is UNT a Hostile Learning Environment for Conservatives?
- UTPB to offer new early childhood certification
- Texas Tech Alumnus’ Incredible Life Is A Real Fish Story
- UT students’ idea: Carving images on the moon
- Texas A&M hires firm to lease 30-story medical tower in TMC
Pratt’s post for 7/28/2020
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